Chemistry

Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Germany
German chemist
Peter Mitchell
Peter Mitchell
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1979
Henry J. Eyring
Henry J. Eyring
USA
Mexican-American chemist
Johann Rudolph Glauber
Johann Rudolph Glauber
Germany
German alchemist, chemist, apothecary and physician.
Friedrich Bergius
Friedrich Bergius
Germany
Chemist
Raimond Davis
Raimond Davis
USA
American chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.
August-Vilhelm Hofmann
August-Vilhelm Hofmann
Germany
German organic chemist.
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Switzerland
Swiss chemist who discovered ytterbium
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
Germany
German organic chemist
Vladimir Prelog
Vladimir Prelog
Switzerland
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1975 (jointly with D. Cornforth).
Anry Le Chatelier
Anry Le Chatelier
France
French physicist and chemist.
Otto Diels
Otto Diels
Germany
Chemist
John Kendrew
John Kendrew
Great Britain
English biochemist, specialist in molecular biology,
Adolf fon Bayer
Adolf fon Bayer
Germany
Chemist
Edward Kendall
Edward Kendall
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1950, jointly with Philip Hench and Thaddeus Reichstein
Edward Kelley
Edward Kelley
Great Britain
English mystic, alchemist and adventurer
Iogann Faust
Iogann Faust
Germany
Doctor, warlock, who lived in the first half of the 16th century. in Germany.
Charles K. Bliss
Charles K. Bliss
Australia
Semiotics specialist
Richard Synge
Richard Synge
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952 (jointly with A. Martin).
Julius Lothar Meyer
Julius Lothar Meyer
Germany
German chemist
Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta
Italy
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with K. Ziegler).
Friedrich Wohler
Friedrich Wohler
Germany
Famous German chemist
Ernst Boris Chain
Ernst Boris Chain
Great Britain
English biochemist
Richard Smalley
Richard Smalley
USA
Chemist, Nobel laureate in 1996
Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger
Great Britain
English biochemist, the only scientist to twice win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Gilbert Lewis
Gilbert Lewis
USA
Outstanding American physical chemist.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath
Israel
Israeli crystallographer, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1973 (together with E. Fisher).
Pol Berg
Pol Berg
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
Antoine-Jerome Balard
Antoine-Jerome Balard
France
French chemist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences
Sergey Andronati
Sergey Andronati
Ukraine
Ukrainian bioorganic scientist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Harry Coover
Harry Coover
USA
American chemist, inventor of Superglue
Ernst Otto Fisher
Ernst Otto Fisher
Germany
German chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1973
Jacobus Vant-Hoff
Jacobus Vant-Hoff
Netherlands
Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1901)
Max Ferdinand Perutz
Max Ferdinand Perutz
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 (shared with D. Kendrew)
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Great Britain
British biochemist
Gustav Giemsa
Gustav Giemsa
Germany
He is known for creating a solution used in the Romanovsky-Giemsa staining process.
Bernard Vonnegut
Bernard Vonnegut
USA
American meteorologist and chemist, professor of meteorology, inventor
Carl Auer Welsbach
Carl Auer Welsbach
Austria
Austrian chemist
Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein
Poland
Swiss chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950
Karl Bosh
Karl Bosh
Germany
Chemist
John Hogward Northrop
John Hogward Northrop
USA
Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1946, shared with Wendell M. Stanley and James B. Sumner
Gerhard Shrader
Gerhard Shrader
Germany
German chemist.
Arne Tiselius
Arne Tiselius
Sweden
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1948.
Paul Flory
Paul Flory
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Ilmar Koppel
Ilmar Koppel
Estonia
Estonian and Soviet chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences
Ricardo Wolf
Ricardo Wolf
Germany
Chemist, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, diplomat.
Mary Engle Pennington
Mary Engle Pennington
USA
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
Kuzma Andrianov
Kuzma Andrianov
Soviet chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Nikolay Menshutkin
Nikolay Menshutkin
Russia
Russian chemist.